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Karl Marx quotes

1818–1883 · German philosopher and economist

Whatever one thinks of what was done in his name, Marx was a sharp and often sarcastic writer. Several of his famous lines are trimmed versions of longer sentences.

2 real · 1 not theirs

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2 quotes traced to Karl Marx's own work or a reliable witness.

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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.
Source: Theses on Feuerbach, XI (1845)
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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world… It is the opium of the people.
Source: Introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1844)

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1 famous lines credited to Karl Marx that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

Misquoted
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The real words: From The Eighteenth Brumaire (1852), where Marx says Hegel forgot to add that great events happen twice: "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."